Human Agenda | October 2023 E-Letter
/1. Six Candidates for San Jose City Council Speak at SBPA Forum Saturday, October 28 at the Seven Trees Community Center at Noon
Candidates Pamela Campos, Babu Prasad, Vanessa Sandoval, Alex Shoor, Olivia Navarro and Domingo Candelas have confirmed their attendance.
Human Agenda has been a community partner of the South Bay Progressive Alliance (SBPA) since its inception six years ago. SBPA has three components: community education, support or rejection of policy proposals, and the endorsement of candidates.
The endorsement of candidates is based on the commitment of the candidate to not accept corporate campaign contributions and on their progressive policy agenda. SBPA has endorsed local candidates such as the Hon. Sally Lieber, Assemblymembers Ash Kalra and Alex Lee, and San Jose City Councilpersons Omar Torres and Peter Ortiz.
As a 501c3 community partner organization Human Agenda only supports education and policy issues, not endorsements.
On Saturday, October 28, SBPA will hold an educational forum (without endorsements) for City Councilpersons seeking election to the San Jose City Council. The March 2024 primary will be followed by the November general election. Pamela Campos, Babu Prasad, Vanessa Sandoval, Alex Shoor, Olivia Navarro and Domingo Candelas have confirmed their attendance. Please join Human Agenda and the SBPA to become acquainted with the biggest issues facing San Jose and the positions of the candidates on those issues.
The candidate forum will take place from noon to 2 PM with lunch included from 12:30 to 2 PM.
2. 6th Annual Break the Mold Conference Features 10 Incredible Speakers Sat., November 4 Room at SJCC T-415 Moorpark & Bascom 9:30-2 PM Lunch Included
3. “A New Human Agenda” Presented in the Aguan Region of Honduras
On October 19 Human Agenda Executive Director Richard Hobbs was the keynote speaker of the Plataforma Agraria in Tocoa, Honduras. Tocoa is the largest city in the Aguan region of Honduras, known for multinational palm oil corporations that have usurped the lands of agricultural cooperatives in pursuit of profit.
Hobbs’ presentation “A New Human Agenda: Resist and Build” included 10 key concepts to understand why the cooperative movement in the Aguan region is so vital as an alternative to corporate plundering. With respect to Resist, five key concepts with respect to the problems of the capitalist system were presented: exploitation, speculation, corruption, oppression, and alienation. An additional five liberatory concepts were introduced in order to Build: method, human needs, vision, values, and praxis.
Hobbs summarized his fundamental message in the Aguan: “New institutions based on a human needs-based vision with the values of democracy, equity, cooperation, kindness and sustainability need to be created from the ground up.” He added: “Worker-owned cooperatives that meet human needs and share decision making and profit are a model alternative to the afflictions of our current economic system.”
Hobbs spoke to 200 active members of over a dozen agricultural cooperatives, applauding them in their efforts. It is well documented that 173 coop members and community activists have been assassinated in the Aguan region in their struggle to defend their lands, protect local water sources, and promote cooperative development.
4. SAVE THE DATE: 21st Annual Human Rights Awards - Saturday, December 9 from 6-8 PM at the Central Labor Council
Human Agenda will soon announce the exceptional keynote speakers and DECKS awardees who will highlight its 21st Annual Human Rights Awards.
Please save the date. You will not want to miss this extraordinary event that will be held at the South Bay Labor Council on Saturday, December 9 at 6 PM.